Alright, I can't wait to live through a second gas rationing event!
Where your car's license plate meant you could only get gas every other day based on if it was an odd or even number at the start of it. Or if it was a letter, it had to be odd or even in the alphabet. And don't expect to be able to fill up. You got 15-20 dollars worth of gas and you were expected to be happy to get it.
There were literal armed national guardsmen guarding the pumps, making sure you didn't cut in line and that it was okay for you to get gas that day. Didn't matter if the line was a half hour long to the pump, and you were wasting crap tons of fuel in line just waiting to get some, you do not cut in line or you will be forced to leave the line completely and start over.
Alright, I can't wait to live through a second gas rationing event!
Where your car's license plate meant you could only get gas every other day based on if it was an odd or even number at the start of it. Or if it was a letter, it had to be odd or even in the alphabet. And don't expect to be able to fill up. You got 15-20 dollars worth of gas and you were expected to be happy to get it.
There were literal armed national guardsmen guarding the pumps, making sure you didn't cut in line and that it was okay for you to get gas that day. Didn't matter if the line was a half hour long to the pump, and you were wasting crap tons of fuel in line just waiting to get some, you do not cut in line or you will be forced to leave the line completely and start over.